Judas: Prize-Winning Biblical Romance of Love, Betrayal, and Secrets in 1959 Jerusalem

Judas: Prize-Winning Biblical Romance of Love, Betrayal, and Secrets in 1959 Jerusalem

<DIV><B>SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE<BR /><BR /> Winner of the International Literature Prize, the new novel by Amos Oz is his first full-length work since the best-selling <I>A Tale of Love and Darkness.</I></B><BR /><BR /> Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abarbanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets. <DIV>  <DIV>At once an exquisite love story and coming-of-age novel, an allegory for the state of Israel and for the biblical tale from which it draws its title, <I>Judas</I> is Amos Oz's most powerful novel in decades.  <DIV>  <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>